Monthly Archives: November 2020

11 14, 2020

All Booked Up With Cailey & Meg: National Book Awards

By |2020-11-14T12:00:29-05:00November 14, 2020|

In anticipation of the National Book Awards (which will be presented next week), Cailey and Meg discuss four of their favorite books that have either been nominated or won a National Book Award. (This week is pretty heavy on US history.) They discuss:

  1. We Are Not Free by Traci Chee
  2. Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory by Claudio Saunt
  3. News of the World by Paulette Jiles
  4. 1919: The Year That Changed America by Martin W. Sandler

Most of the books they discuss can also be borrowed as ebooks using OverDrive or Libby. All you need is your Mentor Public Library card.

11 7, 2020

All Booked Up with Cailey & Meg: Teen Series

By |2020-11-07T12:00:38-05:00November 7, 2020|

You probably think we’re talking Twilight, Divergent, and Hunger Games, but there are so many good YA series out there besides that particular trilogy. Cailey & Meg suggest some of their favorites, including:

  1. American Royals by Katharine McGee
  2. The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco
  3. Dear Martin by Nic Stone
  4. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

Most of the books they discuss can also be borrowed as ebooks using OverDrive or Libby. All you need is your Mentor Public Library card.

11 5, 2020

Discover President Garfield’s legacy as the last Lincoln Republican

By |2020-11-05T19:00:36-05:00November 5, 2020|

Benjamin Todd Arrington discusess his new book, The Last Lincoln Republican: The Presidential Election of 1880, which dives into the competitive and contentious election between Republican James A. Garfield and Democrat Winfield Scott Hancock. The election was decided by fewer than 10,000 votes – one of the closest popular votes in American presidential history.

You may recognize Arrington from his work at the James A. Garfield National Historic Site in Mentor where he presently serves as site supervisor. He’s often spoken at the library as part of our Civil War series with Garfield National Historic Site.

In fact, you can watch some of his best talk on our YouTube channel right now, including:

11 2, 2020

Learn about the stranger friendship between Ted Bundy & Ann Rule

By |2020-11-02T19:00:22-05:00November 2, 2020|

Discover the strange relationship between serial killer Ted Bundy and true-crime writer Ann Rule. Mollie Burns from Mentor Public Library discusses the connections between these two very different but inextricably linked people. Due to the graphic nature of Bundy’s crimes, viewer discretion is advised.

For those interested in True Crime, you may also enjoy:

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